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FAIRY BOOK.
GOLDILOCKS.
"A king lived long ago,
In the morning of the world,"
who had two children, Despard and Goldilocks. They were twin brother and sister, but no more alike than a queen-lily and a nightshade, a raven and a dove.
Goldilocks was a bright young damsel, with hair like fine threads of gold, and a face so radiant that people questioned if the blood in her veins might not be liquid sunshine. Her eyes were as soft as violets; and her laugh was like the music of a spring robin.
Despard, on the other hand, was as melancholy as an owl. His raven hair cast gloomy
